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Chris Thile: Live from the Land of Milk & Honey

Chris Thile: Live from the Land of Milk & Honey

Mike Greenhaus on February 5, 2025
photo: Avery Brunkus *** On May 30, 2020, Chris Thile hosted the final installment of Live From Here. A remote episode broadcast a few months into the COVID necessitated shutdown, it was a quiet end to the beloved and long-running variety show, which Garrison Keillor started as A Prairie Home Companion in 1974. Yet, as […]
White Denim: Swinging Door

White Denim: Swinging Door

Ryan Reed on February 3, 2025
There are many reasons why 12, the latest album from shapeshifting rockers White Denim, could have simply withered away on a hard drive somewhere—lineup turbulence, business-end shake-ups, pandemic instability, shifts in recording methodology, the reality of Austin, Texas born bandleader James Petralli finding a new home and potential career path in Los Angeles. Then again, […]
Never Play it the Same Way Once: Oteil Burbridge on Phil Lesh

Never Play it the Same Way Once: Oteil Burbridge on Phil Lesh

Dean Budnick on January 31, 2025
Photo: Jay Blakesberg In the December issue of Relix we celebrate the life and career of pioneering bass icon Phil Lesh through reflections from his friends and collaborators (as well as a previously unpublished interview). We will continue to share these over the days to come, joining reminiscences from Jimmy Herring, Mike Gordon, Dave Schools […]